Litlinks Awards Ceremony and Gala Event

Lit Links

Celebrate the 2009 Litlinks Writing Competition Awards

Tuesday 23 March 2010
National Library of Australia Theatre
4.30 – 7.30 pm

Free event. Bookings essential. RSVP Dennis Flannery by Friday 19 March 2010
RSVP required for catering purposes

2009 Award presenters: Jack Heath, Ashley Orr & Omar Musa

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You are cordially invited to an official ACTATE Litlinks literary event, in order to celebrate the 2009 writing competition awards.

The function is a celebration of emerging young writers who are nurtured in our schools by caring, dedicated and talented teachers of writing. Prizes will be awarded to the winners of the 2009 Litlinks writing competition and the new Litlinks 2010 competition will be launched at this event. Finalists and winners of the junior and senior writers’ segments will be announced.

2009 Award Presenters

Three professional young authors will inspire you with tales from the world of a writer.

Jack Heath

Jack Heath

Jack Heath is a 23 year old author of four young adult thrillers. In 2008 he was shortlisted for the ‘Aurealis Award for Best Sci-Fi Novel’. He was named ACT Young Australian of the Year in 2009. His fifth book, Hit List, will be released in September 2010.

Ashley Orr

Ashley Orr

Ashley Orr won the 2009 Litlinks Writing Competition for a short story inspired by school holidays spent with her Grandma. This year Ashley is studying for a Bachelor of Arts at the ANU, majoring in English. She’s currently working on other short stories and hopes to have a novel published one day. She is passionate about writing short stories, reading novels and just about anything literary!

Omar Musa

Omar Musa

Poet, rapper and spoken-word performer Omar Musa made headlines as the winner of the 2008 Australia’s National Poetry Slam. Omar has realeased a debut EP, ‘The Massive’ recorded after winning the ‘Realise Your Dream’ competition. In 2009 Omar was a guest at the Ubud International Writer’s Festival.

Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia